{"id":13154,"date":"2023-10-09T15:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13154"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:33:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:33:03","slug":"testimony-on-mahdia-dorm-fire-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/testimony-on-mahdia-dorm-fire-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Testimony on Mahdia Dorm Fire Trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Almost five months have passed since the tragic Dorm Fire at Mahdia, yet the harrowing memories continue to haunt many, particularly Amanda Peters-Nedd, the then Deputy Head Mistress at the Mahdia Secondary School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amanda Peters-Nedd, currently the Head Mistress of Uitvlugt Secondary School, took the stand before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> She vividly recounted the horrifying events of May 22, when the tragedy unfolded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the stillness of the night, her husband&#8217;s urgent voice shattered the calm, alerting her to commotion at the back door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She initially assumed it was a scene from a scary movie, but the urgency in her husband&#8217;s voice revealed the grim reality &#8211; the dormitories were on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they rushed towards the blaze, they were met with a heartbreaking sight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children were fleeing from the burning building, and although there were screams, they were tragically short-lived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The devastating incident has left an indelible mark on her family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her son, a fellow educator, witnessed the loss of eight of his students that fateful night, which led to a severe mental breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her husband, too, grappled with the trauma. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His body underwent a complete shutdown, necessitating his emergency transfer from Mahdia to Georgetown for medical care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is currently receiving treatment at the psychiatric clinic of the Georgetown Hospital, having been diagnosed with Acute Stress Disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the profound impact on her family, Amanda Peters-Nedd expressed that while her son and husband receive psychosocial support, no one has extended a helping hand to her or her younger children, who were also present during the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The testimonies shared during the Commission of Inquiry underscore the enduring trauma and the pressing need for comprehensive support for those affected by this devastating event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost five months have passed since the tragic Dorm Fire at Mahdia, yet the harrowing memories continue to haunt many, particularly Amanda Peters-Nedd, the then Deputy Head Mistress at the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13156,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13154\/revisions\/13156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}